By all accounts Candlestick Park was a godawful place for baseball. But as is the case with miserable people, if a stadium hangs around long enough people will eventually say nice things about it. Or, at the very least, will do so when they’re about to die.

Such is the case with Candlestick, which hosted its final sporting event last night. And though it was a football game, the two greatest baseball players to call Candlestick home — Willie Mays and Willie McCovey — were on hand to send the stick off. John Shea of the Chronicle has a story about it, including stuff about Mays reenacting his days as a high school quarterback before the game.

Farewell, Candlestick Park. You did the best you could under trying circumstances, I suppose.